Social Security benefits increase each year to keep up with rising prices. This yearly boost is called the Cost-of-Living Adjustment, or COLA. For 2026, For 2026, experts expect the COLA to increase ...

To calculate cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increases to 2026 payments, the agency needs data from the largely furloughed ...

Learn the average Social Security benefit for 75-year-olds, why payments are higher for late claimers, and how to estimate ...

If Social Security's 2026 COLA comes in at 2.7% or higher (which is still a possibility), it will mean that inflation has ...

Millions of Social Security beneficiaries could potentially increase their annual payments by up to $1,500 through strategic ...

Social Security benefits are set to rise in 2026. The SSA predicts a 2.7% COLA increase. Retirees and beneficiaries can ...

For several years, many people online have claimed that U.S. Social Security payments were being renamed "Federal Benefit ...

Millions of seniors may have to wait longer for 2026 COLA announcement as the government shutdown could delay Bureau of ...

Social Security beneficiaries eager to find out how much their payments could rise next year have to wait longer because of ...

The government shutdown could delay Social Security's 2026 COLA announcement, but your benefits and January raise are safe.

As of last year, the U.S. is in the time frame dubbed “peak 65,” during which, thanks to the postwar baby boom, the greatest ...

The failure to reach a budget agreement will shut down much of the federal government on Wednesday, but that won’t stop the ...